My family adores sweet potatoes. I love making them all year long, not just for Thanksgiving. My favorite way is to bake them, which brings out their natural sweetness. Once baked, I love to fill them with a bit of reduced-fat butter and a dash of cinnamon. One medium-size potato prepared this skinny way has just 128 calories and 3 grams of fat. This potato makes a wonderful side dish for turkey, chicken, beef or pork. One serving also makes a super healthy, low-calorie snack. Mmm…
Ingredients
- 4 medium sweet potatoes (yams) about 5” long, see shopping tips
- 2 tablespoons reduced-fat butter or Smart Balance Light
- Cinnamon, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Wash and dry each potato and pierce with a fork a few times. Wrap each in foil and place on baking sheet.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes until soft.
- Remove foil, cut in half and mash each with ½ tablespoon of butter. Sprinkle a little cinnamon on top, if desired.
Notes
Makes 4 servings (1 sweet potato with ½ tablespoon reduced-fat butter)
Healthy Benefits
Sweet potatoes are relatively low in calories and have no fat. They are rich in beta-carotene; having five times the recommended daily allowance of Vitamin A in one sweet potato. They also contain an impressive amount of potassium, fiber, and vitamin C.
Shopping Tips
In the U. S. most people call the kind of potatoes I’m using for this recipe, sweet potatoes but I’m really talking about yams in the U.S. They’re the darker-skinned potatoes with a deep orange center as opposed to most of the sweet potatoes found in our markets. They have much lighter-colored skin and pale yellow inside. They’re not nearly as sweet, moist, or flavorful. I’m using the type restaurants use to make sweet potato fries.
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 5-Blue
WW SmartPoints 5-Green
WW Points Plus 4
Healthy Benefits
Sweet potatoes are relatively low in calories and have no fat. They are rich in beta-carotene; having five times the recommended daily allowance of Vitamin A in one sweet potato. They also contain an impressive amount of potassium, fiber, and vitamin C.
Shopping Tips
In the U. S. most people call the kind of potatoes I’m using for this recipe, sweet potatoes but I’m really talking about yams in the U.S. They’re the darker-skinned potatoes with a deep orange center as opposed to most of the sweet potatoes found in our markets. They have much lighter-colored skin and pale yellow inside. They’re not nearly as sweet, moist, or flavorful. I’m using the type restaurants use to make sweet potato fries.
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 5-Blue
WW SmartPoints 5-Green
WW Points Plus 4
| SKINNY FACTS: for 1 sweet potato with ½ tablespoon reduced-fat butter 128 calories, 3g fat, 2g sat. fat, 7mg chol, 2g protein, 24g carbs, 4g fiber, 86mg sodium, 6g sugar |
Skinny Facts
Serving: 1potatoCalories: 128kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 2gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 7mgSodium: 86mgFiber: 4gSugar: 6gBlue Smart Points: 5Green Smart Points: 5Plus Points: 4
I love your recipes, but when I print them, all this extra writing covers half the front page. This just happened with Fool Proof Chicken Breasts and Just Delicious Baked Sweet Potatoes.
I hope you can fix this problem!
So sorry Ann. Thanks for letting me know. I’ll have my tech guy check it out
My best,
Nancy